SECRETARY'S REPORT 31 



Wiscasset Library, Wiscasset, Maine. 



Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, Maine. 



Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, Maine. 



John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 



Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio. 



Edinburg Regional College, Edinburg, Tex. 



Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Tate Gallery, London, England. 



Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass. 



The Downtown Gallery, New York, N. Y. 



State Exposition Building, Los Angeles, Calif. 



State Capitol, Sacramento, Calif. 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



The Curatorial Department accessioned 218 new gifts to the Gallery 

 during the fiscal year. Advice was given in the case of 2G5 works of 

 art brought to the Gallery for opinion, and 34 visits to other collections 

 were made by members of the staff in connection with proffered works 

 of art. About 300 paintings were studied and considered for possible 

 acquisition. About 1,000 inquiries requiring research were answered. 

 During the year, 1 1 mdividual lectures were given by members of the 

 curatorial staff, both at the Gallery and elsewhere. In addition, Miss 

 Elizabeth Mongan conducted special weekly classes at Alverthorpe, 

 Jenkintown, Pa., for students from Beaver College; Perry B. Cott 

 participated in the oral examination of a candidate for a master's 

 degree in art from Indiana University and prepared an examination for 

 tw^o students at American University for their master's degrees in art; 

 and Charles M. Richards gave two courses in art history under the 

 auspices of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Cott also represented 

 the National Gallery at a conference at the Peabody Museum, Salem, 

 Mass., and at a conference at the National Academy of Design in New 

 York; and Mr. Richards presented a paper and a report to the Ameri- 

 can Association of Museums meeting at Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Special installations were prepared for the Art Treasures from the 

 Vienna Collections, lent by the Austrian Government, and for the 

 Sesquicentennial exhibition, "Makers of History in Washington, 

 1800-1950." 



Over 20,000 photographs were acquired this year from European 

 museums and other sources, and these are being cataloged and filed in 

 the George Martin Richter Ai-chives. 



RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 



Necessary restoration and repair of works of art in the Gallery's 

 collections were made by Francis Sullivan, who was appointed assist- 



